EJToday: Top Headlines

"Army Of Bots Promotes Petrostate Hosting Global Climate Talks" [9]

"At least 1,800 bots on the social media site X are promoting the controversial choice of Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producer, to host next month’s U.N. Climate Change Conference known as COP29, according to a new analysis shared exclusively with The Washington Post."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Europe [20]
Source: Washington Post [21], 10/30/2024
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Russia, China and Cuba Are Amplifying Hurricane Misinformation, US Says [22]

"Russian and Chinese-linked influence actors and the Cuban government have been amplifying misinformation following two deadly U.S. hurricanes, including false claims that the U.S. was denying disaster relief claims, a U.S. official said on Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [23]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: Reuters [25], 10/30/2024
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Slight Progress In Biodiversity Protection But Some Species Decline: Reports [26]

"Global efforts to protect the world’s plants and animals have made slight progress and some species remain in serious decline, according to two reports released Monday at a major United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia."

Biodiversity [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Wildlife [28]
Public [17]
International [19]
Source: AP [29], 10/30/2024
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"10 State AG Races To Watch On Climate And Energy" [30]

"Ten states are gearing up to elect the legal officials who will duke it out in court on their behalf on issues such as the nation’s response to climate change and the transition to renewable fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [32], 10/30/2024
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"Supreme Court Ignites Wave Of Lawsuits Against Federal Regulations" [33]

"Major businesses and their lobbying groups have seized on a set of recent Supreme Court decisions that sharply limit the government’s regulatory powers, aiming to advance dozens of lawsuits that could invalidate a vast array of federal climate, education, health and labor rules."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [34], 10/30/2024
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"Water Quality Advocates Ask Virginia For More Aggressive PFAS Policies" [35]

"In Virginia, laws passed so far require agencies to find and address specific sources of PFAS pollution when they have contaminated a public drinking water system. But clean water advocates want the state to require more monitoring now at facilities known to be possible sources of PFAS so that action can be taken more quickly when additional federal limits are finalized."

Chemicals [36]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [31]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: Bay Journal [42], 10/30/2024
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"How Elon Musk Might Use His Pull With Trump to Help Tesla" [43]

"Although Donald Trump has opposed policies that favor electric cars, if he becomes president he could ease regulatory scrutiny of Tesla or protect lucrative credits and subsidies."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [44]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [45], 10/30/2024
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"E.P.A., Just Rebounding From Trump Years, Faces an Uncertain Future" [46]

"Perhaps more than any other federal agency, the one responsible for protecting air, water and public health is a target for Donald Trump and his allies."

Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [39]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [48], 10/30/2024
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"Super Polluting Coal Plants Power Economies And The Climate Crisis" [49]

"Shuttering the world's dirtiest power plants could help to eliminate vast amounts of planet-heating emissions that are threatening international climate goals of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). From India to Poland, these super polluting power plants most often run on coal and emit tens of millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide a year."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [31]
Pollution [39]
Public [17]
International [19]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [50], 10/30/2024
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In U.S. First, California Plans To Rev Up Sales Of Electric Motorcycles [51]

"At New Century Motorcycles in Alhambra, a handful of electric motorcycles are relegated to the back of the store, tucked behind the dirt bikes. The store sells one a month, at most, a salesperson said."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Transportation [44]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [52]
Source: CalMatters [53], 10/30/2024
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New Reports Ahead of COP29 Show World Spinning Its Wheels on Climate Action [54]

"A trio of reports released ahead of next month’s COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan all show that the existing national policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement will heat the planet by close to 3 degrees Celsius by 2100, as warming has accelerated in the past few years."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [55]
Science [56]
Public [17]
International [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 10/29/2024
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"How Are the World’s Trees Doing? A New Assessment Has Answers." [58]

"More than a third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction, according to the first comprehensive assessment of trees by the world’s leading scientific authority on the status of species."

Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [59]
Natural Resources [60]
Public [17]
International [19]
Source: NYTimes [61], 10/29/2024
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"New Survey Puts Human Face On Pollution Caused By U.S. Wood Pellet Mills" [62]

"A new groundbreaking survey highlights the human toll from pollution and other quality of life impacts connected to those living near the forest biomass industry’s wood pellet mills in the U.S Southeast. Door-to-door interviews were conducted by a coalition of NGOs, with 312 households surveyed in five mostly poor, rural and minority communities located near pellet mills"

Chemicals [36]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [59]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [60]
People & Population [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [63]
Source: Mongabay [64], 10/29/2024
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Dust From Lithium-Rich Salton Sea Worsening Child Respiratory Issues: Study [65]

"Wind-strewn dust from California’s lithium-rich, shrinking Salton Sea may be triggering respiratory issues in children who live nearby, a new study has found."

Air [66]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [31]
Natural Resources [60]
People & Population [24]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [52]
Source: The Hill [67], 10/29/2024
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Toxic Contamination Of S. Calif. Coast Lives On Decades Later: Study [68]

"Toxic pesticides dumped off Southern California’s coast decades ago are staying put — deep in adjacent ocean sediments and in the fish that reside in these habitats, a new study has found."

Agriculture [69]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [31]
Fish & Fisheries [70]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [60]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [52]
Source: The Hill [71], 10/29/2024
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